查询词典 pretentious

His great fame can upset most pretentious dramatis.

他的名声足以令最自负的剧作家为之不安。

Some were so bad, and they were among the most pretentious --- churches, stores, warehouses, and the like --- that they were down-right startling; one blinked before them as one blinks before a man with his face shot away.

有的房子糟得吓人，而这些房子竞还是一些最重要的建筑--教堂、商店、仓库等等。人们惊愕地看着这些房子，就像是看见一个脸给子弹崩掉的人一样。

The most pretentious writer in China.

&必得体育，志在必得&详情点我哦

Pretentious, high-profile woman appears most unpleasant - people around her are idiot, and only own one of the most refined.

自命不凡，高姿态出现的女强人最令人讨厌――她当身边的人都是白痴，只有自己一个才是最精的。

Most of the Wades' friends thought that they were being pretentious to send Laura to that expensive school, for it was beyond their means.

韦德夫妇大多数的朋友认为，夫妇俩把劳拉送到那里去读书，太不切合他们的实际情况了。

Three empty-looking, pretentious shops, with plate-glass windows, and a hopeless air of gentility.

这三家装着玻璃橱窗、看上去空空如也的、装模作样的店铺，露出一种假充体面、没有什么希望的暮气。

Even pretentious nineteenth-century urban houses may have some traditional elements associated with them, such as hand-cut scrollwork, wooden decorations that are sometimes called "Carpenter's Gothic".

上述的这些房屋甚至与十九世纪浮华的城市建筑也有着某些传统上的联系，如手雕的涡形装饰、木头装饰，有时它们被称作&木匠的哥德式建筑&。

I used to think those people who sat alone at Starbucks writing on their laptops were pretentious poseurs.

我原来以为那些独自坐在星巴克，使用他们的笔记本电脑写作的人是一些装作自命不凡的人。

And I would personally preside over all of these interviews. In a ll probability we would find nothing, but we would be called pretentious if we did not foll ow proper procedure.

我们要利用利用公寓内的工作人员，对他们进行面谈，而我将亲自主持的，直到我们想到内部作案的可能性可能性利用主持所有这些面谈。

Synonyms : aloof, assuming, bossy, bragging, cavalier, cheeky, cocky, conceited, cool*, disdainful, domineering, haughty, lordly, on an ego trip, pompous, presumptuous, pretentious, proud, scornful, self-important, smarty, smug, snippy, snooty, snotty, supercilious, superior, swaggering, uppity, vain

Notes： arrogant 用于贬义，指过高估计自己，以致骄傲自大或傲慢无礼。 proud 一般用语，用于褒义指自豪和荣耀以及强烈的自尊；用以贬义则指傲慢，自以为是。 vain 指一个人对自己的外表、能力或对自己留给别人的印象太过分地关注，以致自命不凡，自鸣得意。

We are forbidden from giving money to these shoeless, skinny children, as this will perpetuate begging.

向光着脚，骨瘦如柴的孩子施舍是不可以的，因为要招来无休无止的乞讨。

It would be hard not to fall victim to some sharpeyed policeman.

要想不被某个目光锐利的警察抓到，谈何容易。